The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
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Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
λεγωνP69 · P75 | saying; | λέγων· | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | dicens | saying; | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | |||||
πατερP69 · P75 | Father, | πάτερ, | Father, | πατερ | | | pater | Pater | Father, | ܐܒܐ | Father, | Πάτερ | Father, | |||||
ειP69 · P75 | if | εἰ | if | — | | | si | si | if | ܐܢ | if | εἰ | if | |||||
βουλειP69 · P75 | You are willing | βούλει | You are willing | — | | | uis | vis | You are willing | ܨܒܐ | You are willing | βούλει | You are willing | |||||
παρενεγκεP69 · P75 | do take away | παρένεγκε | do take away | — | | | transferre | transfer | do take away | — | — | παρενεγκεῖν | do take away | |||||
τουτοP69 · P75 | this | τοῦτο | this | — | | | calicem | calicem | this | ܐܢܬ | this | τὸ | this | |||||
τοP69 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | hunc | — | — | — | — | ποτήριον | <the> | |||||
ποτηριοP69 · P75 | cup | ποτήριον | cup | — | | | — | istum | cup | ܢܥܒܪܢܝ | cup | τοῦτο | cup | |||||
απP69 · P75 | from | ἀπ᾽ | from | — | | | a | a | from | ܟܤܐ | from | ἀπ’ | from | |||||
εμουP69 · P75 | Me; | ἐμοῦ· | Me; | — | | | me | me | Me; | ܗܢܐ | Me; | ἐμοῦ | Me; | |||||
πληνP69 · P75 | Yet | πλὴν | Yet | — | | | — | verumtamen | Yet | ܒܪܡ | Yet | πλὴν | Yet | |||||
μηP69 · P75 | not be done | μὴ | not be done | μη | | | non | non | not be done | ܠܐ | not be done | μὴ | not be done | |||||
τοP69 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
θελημαP69 · P75 | will | θέλημά | will | θελημα | | | mea | mea | will | — | — | θέλημά | will | |||||
μουP69 · P75 | of Me | μου | of Me | μου | | | uoluntas | voluntas | of Me | ܨܒܝܢܝ | of Me | μου | of Me | |||||
αλλαP69 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τοP69 · P75 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | |||||
σονP69 · P75 | of You | σὸν | of You | σον | | | tua | tua | of You | ܕܝܠܟ | of You | σὸν | of You | |||||
γεινεσθωP69 · P75 | should be done. | γινέσθω. | should be done. | — | | | fiat | fiat | should be done. | ܢܗܘܐ | should be done. | γενέσθω | should be done. | |||||
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